The Boar
“Doc Travis turned to Mama after sipping from his cup and said, “How’s the little mother?”
Mama patted her slightly round stomach and smiled. “Fine,” she said.
The baby was actually the reason Doc Travis came by so often. The year before she had lost one, and now that she was pregnant again, he came by to check on how she was feeling. So far she’d been doing real well, but Doc Travis had warned us to try and keep her away from stress and overwork, as she now had a natural leaning toward easy mis...carriage.
But even before the baby, Doc Travis was a regular visitor. I don’t think there was any question that he enjoyed our company. Mama told me once that she sort of felt that we, along with maybe a dozen other families, were the kin folks he didn’t have.
Doc Travis emptied his cup, then, suddenly, he snapped his fingers. “Almost forgot,” he said. “Richard and Ike, out there in the car I got something for you two, and, Richard, there are a couple magazines you can have.”MoreLess
Mama patted her slightly round stomach and smiled. “Fine,” she said.
The baby was actually the reason Doc Travis came by so often. The year before she had lost one, and now that she was pregnant again, he came by to check on how she was feeling. So far she’d been doing real well, but Doc Travis had warned us to try and keep her away from stress and overwork, as she now had a natural leaning toward easy mis...carriage.
But even before the baby, Doc Travis was a regular visitor. I don’t think there was any question that he enjoyed our company. Mama told me once that she sort of felt that we, along with maybe a dozen other families, were the kin folks he didn’t have.
Doc Travis emptied his cup, then, suddenly, he snapped his fingers. “Almost forgot,” he said. “Richard and Ike, out there in the car I got something for you two, and, Richard, there are a couple magazines you can have.”MoreLess
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